Using the Acropora digitifera genome to understand coral responses to environmental change

Chuya Shinzato, Eiichi Shoguchi, Takeshi Kawashima, Mayuko Hamada, Kanako Hisata, Makiko Tanaka, Manabu Fujie, Mayuki Fujiwara, Ryo Koyanagi, Tetsuro Ikuta, Asao Fujiyama, David J. Miller and Nori Satoh ()
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Chuya Shinzato: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Eiichi Shoguchi: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Takeshi Kawashima: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Mayuko Hamada: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Kanako Hisata: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Makiko Tanaka: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Manabu Fujie: DNA Sequencing Center Section, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Mayuki Fujiwara: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Ryo Koyanagi: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Tetsuro Ikuta: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan
Asao Fujiyama: National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540, Japan
David J. Miller: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and School of Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University
Nori Satoh: Marine Genomics Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Promotion Corporation, Onna, Okinawa 904-0412, Japan

Nature, 2011, vol. 476, issue 7360, 320-323

Abstract: A coral reef genome Coral reefs are among the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet and are of great economic importance. They are under threat because the scleractinian corals at their core are susceptible to ocean acidification and rising seawater temperatures. The genome of the reef-building coral Acropora digitifera has been analysed with a view to understanding the molecular basis of symbiosis and responses to environmental change. The coral seems to have lost a key enzyme of cysteine biosynthesis, so may be dependent on its symbionts for this amino acid. It contains several genes with roles in protection from ultraviolet light that may have been acquired by horizontal transfer from prokaryotic organisms. The coral's innate immunity repertoire is more complex than that of the solitary sea anemone, suggesting that some of these genes are involved in symbiosis or coloniality.

Date: 2011
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